On This Day in History August 23, 2019

Historical Events 1542  Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code 1850  1st US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts 1942  Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) 1996  Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places" 2005  Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Keith Moon (1946 - 1978) Kobe Bryant 41st Birthday Louis XVI (1754 - 1793) River Phoenix (1970 - 1993) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths No RSS items found. William Wallace ( - 1305) More Famous Deaths